Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
In January 1871, about fifty armed men in disguise came into a South Carolina town late at night and demanded the jail keys from the sheriff, who refused. They arrested the sheriff, broke into the jail with axes, and took out five people who were being held there. Early the next morning, two of those five were found dead about a mile from town. The other three were later found alive but badly wounded.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.